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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 17 Mar 2007 : 14:07:19
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MARKET VENDORS TO BE EVICTED
By Modou Jonga
According to sources close to the Brikama Area Council, some market vendors behind the GPTC depot will soon be evicted and relocated. The area currently occupied by the vendors is to be developed into a cold store for the vendors.
The proposed store is a project conceived by the Department of State for Fisheries and is to be constructed by a Taiwanese Company and it will be managed by the Brikama Area Council.
Many of the vendors, businessmen and women who spoke to this reporter have confirmed that they were informed of the plan to evict them, but they lamented that this will have a negative effect on their businesses.
When contacted, the Public Relation Officer, PRO, of the Brikama Area Council, Mr. Serigne Modou Joof, confirmed that the vendors will be relocated. Mr. Joof clarified that the said land is not sold to any company, but it is a project to improve the Brikama Market.
Mr. Joof said Brikama Area Council does not have the capacity to single handedly develop the Brikama Market. He said that if a portion of land in the market is needed by the BAC, vendors will be evicted to pave way for meaningful projects.
The BAC Public Relation Officer said that the relocation will be coordinated by the Council. PRO Joof has said that the vendors will not be compensated.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 32/2007, 16 – 18 March 2007
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